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y brother and I had always
liked VW scene and Porsches
naturally. My brother saved
his pennies and bought himself a 944. He had owned his
for about twelve years when I
decided to get a 924. I preferred the sleeker
lines and was not worried about the stigma
of a van engine. This was a car designed for
VW as a flagship car but then rebranded as
Porsche as you all know. I was getting a car
that would be faster, less prone to rot, with
more luggage capacity, excellent handling
characteristics and all for less money than
a VW beetle or similar age Golf, what is not
to like? Porsche had decided that this car
was worthy of their badge and that was good
enough for me.
I decided on a post 1980 (fully galvanised)
2.0L (easy to maintain) non sunroof model
(no leaks). A car turned up 25 mile away for
£700 that had the added bonus of being white

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TwoFour  Issue 6 • www.porsche924.co.uk

TwoFour  Issue 6 • www.porsche924.co.uk

and spoilerless and it wasn’t long before I was
the owner of a Porsche. Like a lot of 924 s out
there I was the umpteenth owner of a car that
had gone around the clock, complete with
cracked dash and split seats. I owned the car
for about three years, 18 months of which it
was off the road with a fuel delivery issue that
I never got around to sorting. I decided the
ectra poke of a 2.5L would be nice as would
a sunroof after a run out in my brother’s car.
I sold the car and it has since been resold
and restored to her former glory by Daznotts.
I decided on a 924S. I trawled the usual places
and saw several cars in worse condition than
the one I was replacing! I found one with
105K (with a bundle of history), virtually
crack free dash, split free seats about 125
miles away and went back the following week
to buy it for £1,900. I replaced the belts and
gave her a service and used her regularly
with no issues. It was always my intention
to modify her with some subtle mods. I am

a fan of sleepers, cars that look stock but
are actually running a bigger engine and
so on, as opposed to for example the young
boy racers in their Corsas with bodykits,
the complete opposite, all show and no go.
I thought of a Martini replica but got hung
up on wheels as my car has a five stud set
up. I decided that I wanted the car to look
like an earlier model, to give the appearance
of a 2.0L n/a but actually having the extra
poke of the 2.5L and power steering to boot.
I decided on cookie cutter alloys, found a
6j/7j staggered pair of wheels, had them
refurbed and shod them with new rubber.
I fitted them to the car and that is when I
found out they were the wrong offset. I had
assumed as I had seen cookie cutters on
other 924’s then they would fit my five stud
setup. I was left with the option of swap
out the back end for a turbo back end and
“downgraded” to steel trailing arms etc or
keep with my current wheels.

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